Oriental silhouette nails

Sunday, 14 June 2015

Today I have a liberal interpretation of the superhero theme.

I wanted to do something a little different from the American superheroes from the Marvel house and decided to look far east. Hinduism holds a great number of mythical characters, all of which of course have great powers. These powers are commonly attributed to them being gods, but unlike the gods that might have been part of my cultural heritage, these live an active existence today, both in religion and outside of it. Hindu gods feature in cartoons and movies that reenact stories from for instance the Ramayana. A good example of this is the lovely movie Sita Sings the Blues (available for free at the link, do check it out).

If you can accept my liberal take on the superhero concept, the next step is explaining my liberal take on my chosen god, Hanuman. Hanuman is a deity in the shape of a monkey, known for his devotion, courage and knowledge (he appears in the above mentioned film too if you're curious). He's also able to lift mountains (sounds familiar?). He is often portrayed as carrying a type of club known as a gada. I based my nail art on this image primarily because it was a little simpler than most other images. When I showed S my nail art (and the image I based it on) he wasn't convinced it was a very good representation of Hanuman. S claimed that apart from the gada, it doesn't have much resemblance to how Hanuman is more commonly portrayed.

So here you have a liberal representation of something that's a liberal interpretation of our theme ^-^.